Newbie starting out wholesaling

[Bamboo Tran]

Hello BiggerPockets community, this is my first post, I'm 18 years old and would like to get started in the wholesaling business. I had finished the free course and the podcasts on the site and now I would like to get started. I would appreciate it if someone could mentor me and help me with my first deal, longer would be great as well, thank you.

[Nick C.]

This isn't meant to be harsh, so I hope you don't take it that way. But I've seen dozens of posts that read exactly like this that don't get any replies. Anyone who is truly successful doing real estate shouldn't have time to train someone to be a direct competitor because they read a posting online. That's bad business. 

Instead of asking someone to give away whatever years of blood, sweat, tears, and money they've put into their business (otherwise known as experience), why not make an offer to help someone? You don't need a mentor, you need a job. 

You're going to have to put in some time and effort working for someone and making them some money to get something in return (knowledge). That's how the world works. Unless you pay a guru for that knowledge, and then you will be broke and right back here asking for the same thing again.